Bengal Tiger

Scientific name: Panthera Tigris Tigris

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Pantherinae
Genus:	Panthera
Species:	Panthera tigri
Subspecies:	Panthera tigris tigris

The Bengal Tiger is a living thing because it can :

Grow and Develope:

The Bengal tiger's gestation period is 98 to 110 days and each litter may have seven cubs but only three survive most of the time.

The tigers are born with no sight and there eyes will open between 6 -12 days after they are born.

Newborn cubs may weight up to 3.5lb
At two and a half months a cub has full vision.
The bengal tiger has a white soft fur and some black lines

Reproduce:

Males mature at 4 to 5 years old

Males size is 10ft.

Females size is 9ft

Females are sexualy mature at three years old to fours years old.
Males are sexualy mature at 4 years old to five years old
The Female tiger only leaves the cub for short periods of time to hunt for food and water.
The tigers sometimes eat the cubs feces to protect them from predators.
The cubs are usealy male and after a few months they will leave the family.

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It responds to the enviroment:

The tiger is more dependent and usually solitary in nature.
The tigers territories varies greatly by locality season and prey.
Male tigers have bigger territories than females.
The larger area has more than enogh food water and shelter.
The tigers are usaually active during the night except for mid-day heat.
Grooming themselves is most important in the tigers day.

Diet:

The bengal tiger eat prey the size of termitesmto elephant babies.
Sometimes they may eat tapris, elephant and rhinoceros babies.
They usaully use there sight and hearing to hunt usaully not there smell.
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The Bengal tiger meets its needs in the following ways:

Nutrients and Energy: They bengal tiger gets its nutrient and energy from his prey such as Deer, Horse, Cows, Pigs Etc.

Water: They consum there water from near by lakes in there territiories

Air: They get there air from trees in there territoires.

Habitat/Place to live: The bengal tiger lives in India and bangledesh. It can live in desert like conditions as well as cool wet grasslands.